First, on the Guv race, the report was:
In a trial heat in the governor's race, former U.S. Sen. Dayton beat both former Republican U.S. Sen. Coleman and state Rep. Marty Seifert, the frontrunner for the GOP gubernatorial endorsement.
Dayton topped Coleman 41 percent to 31 percent, and he beat Seifert 41 percent to 25 percent. Coleman hasn't announced whether he will run for governor.
Sample size, and pollster:
Decision Resources president Bill Morris said he surveyed 625 adult Minnesotans Jan. 4-10 for an annual presentation on the pulse of the state that he makes to city managers. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
And, as promised, by screenshot (click it to enlarge and read) or go to the link for the full item --- by a 2 to 1 ratio people think Zygi can pay, whoever can pay, as long as the public is not hung on that hook paying for Zygi's hobby football club.
That is only an opening excerpt; again for the complete story, this link.
Will it matter to the politicians what the taxpayers think, once the 2010 election is over? Well, if the Twins statium hucksters are all voted out, a message might be sent and received. It's your chance.
We can only hope.
________UPDATE_________
At least one "Tea Party" [GOP conservative] oriented blog seems to agree that public sacrifice for a Vikings stadium would be unwise, politically and as civic taxing and spending priority; this link.
Hopefully I can get comments for or against public spending that way, from DFL or GOP persons. My belief is that fiscal wisdom should not be a partisan thing when it comes to waste or bad spending. Opinions differ on what's good or bad spending, but I don't think anyone will jump up in the legislature and shout, "Yea, Waste!" Not even those turning out to be one-termers, over other issues or over claims of favoring waste.
________FURTHER UPDATE_________
This update relates to the current post and the one directly below it ON THE STADIUM FUNDING THING - ONLY. I had known a bit of Andy's Residual Forces viewpoint, so I sent an inquiring email and got a quick turnaround, verbatim as follows:
This MPR link (for nose-count data) .
Most notably!!!!!!!!!
Bachmann- Against
Clarke - FOR
That's one that may be useful.
This Residual Forces link.
Don't forget Pawlenty signed it and no one has been more critical then me.
But back to the top list of Legislators for Guv:
Emmer - Against
Seifert - Against
Coleman - Well he did "bring hockey to MN with a tax payer subsidized and bailed out stadium)
On your side:
Bakk - Against
Keliher - FOR
Entenza - FOR
Thissen - FOR
Frankly it is hard to follow who all is in.
but if your point is who voted for it: Here you go.
Senate: 34 - 32
FOR - GOP 12 DFL 22
Against - GOP 16 - DFL 16
House: 71 to 61
FOR - GOP 37 DFL 34
AGAINST - GOP 31 DFL 31
Give or take, I just did a real quick count. May be + or - one or the other.
Well, I think Tarryl Clark was on the wrong side of the issue that time. I wonder where Maureen Reed is on the Vikings Stadium question - the live one now since the Twins deal has been done - and indeed, where Tarryl Clark is and how she'd differentiate between one stadium or another.
I think it is not a "federal" question, directly, but of interest to voters even when voting for members of Congress. On the state legislative level, it is clearly important.
------------My favorite pick, John Marty, AGAINST.
Unfortunately, Steve Kelley, FOR.
For completeness, Rukavina, FOR.
------------My local HD rep, Abeler(R) - FOR letting the other county tax more.
SD 48, Jungbauer - AGAINST.
This is sound, as with John Marty, Kieth Ellison, AGAINST.
Because the nose count is given for different stages of the process, some show mixed patterns - pick a name that interests you and pursue it.
_______FINAL UPDATE______
There is an excellent opinion item John Marty had published in Minn Post explaining his reasoning on the Viking stadium issue, "A new Vikings stadium? L.A. shows us how." Rather than try putting words in his mouth by summarizing or slanting the view wrongly by excerpting -
READ THE ORIGINAL - THIS LINK.
Specific to the candidates for Governor, on the Vikings stadium issue with a blurb summary for each contender, MPR's Polinaut, here.
TAKE THE TIME. BE INFORMED READ THE POLINAUT ITEM. IT IS WORTH KNOWING BELIEFS AND REASONING.